Trudeau re-jigs cabinet - sets table for Trump vs China

Huge shake up in Ottawa today, as Trudeau ousts some party stalwarts and goes all-offense on the new US administration.

You have to hand it to Trump. He certainly gets attention. This is the first-time I've ever seen the government specifically tailor cabinet to deal with a foreign country.

In short, the French speaking intellectuals are now forcibly retired. The glitzy, young trade negotiator who lives and breathes globalism is in Foreign Affairs (responsible for any NAFTA or Auto pact negotiations), and most importantly, the Beijing embassy has been given an ambassador from the PM inner circle instead of a civil servant. An honour that has only ever been given to Washington, London and Paris - and something the Chinese have been asking for for generations.

The result. Economic negotiators now run Ottawa, specifically to deal with Trump, and Chinese trade is being elevated to a national priority - specifically to leverage Trump.

Yeah, I don't think we will suffer to much without your bottled water.

lol

The bulk export of water is currently prohibited - both by Ottawa and by the terms of NAFTA and other treaties.

And the reason us a moral one. It's not 'right' to treat life's necessities as a commodity.

Ie - because we have trade agreements we GIVE you access to fresh water.

Places like Chicago rely on it for their heavy industry.

But if those agreements aren't worth anything anymore and it's each man for himself, putting their own workers first, then this may have to be revisited as the effects of climate change take an increasing toll on places like California, Utah, Texas, etc.

The bulk export of water is currently prohibited - both by Ottawa and by the terms of NAFTA and other treaties.

And the reason us a moral one. It's not 'right' to treat life's necessities as a commodity.

Ie - because we have trade agreements we GIVE you access to fresh water.

Places like Chicago rely on it for their heavy industry.

But if those agreements aren't worth anything anymore and it's each man for himself, putting their own workers first, then this may have to be revisited as the effects of climate change take an increasing toll on places like California, Utah, Texas, etc.